Libp2p is a first-class project established by Protocol Labs. It is equivalent to IPFS and Filecoin. Libp2p is also the infrastructure of IPFS and Filecoin. That is to say, Libp2p is the underlying protocol of IPFS and Filecoin . So how does IPFS use Libp2p technology? Why is Protocol Labs so important? This article will introduce the application of Libp2p in IPFS in detail.
What exactly is Libp2p?
Libp2p is a modular system of protocols, specifications, and libraries that support the development of peer-to-peer network applications. Simply put, any two nodes on IPFS , no matter where they are, no matter what environment they are in, no matter what operating system they are running, no matter whether they have passed NAT (network address translation), as long as they have